Assembly Bill A8591

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring licensed day care facilities to contact a child's parent or guardian if they are absent from day care without providing prior notice

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A8591 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §390-aa, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A3404
2023-2024: A950

2019-A8591 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires licensed day care facilities to contact a child's parent or guardian if they are absent from day care, with no prior notice given, within thirty minutes after such child is recorded as absent.

2019-A8591 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8591
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                            September 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, PAULIN, MOSLEY, ZEBROWSKI, BARRON,
   ARROYO, GRIFFIN, D'URSO, TITUS, McDONOUGH, MONTESANO -- read once  and
   referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social  services  law, in relation to requiring
   licensed day care facilities to contact a child's parent  or  guardian
   if they are absent
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
 390-aa to read as follows:
   § 390-AA. CHILD ABSENCE CONFIRMATION. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
 THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "ABSENT"  OR "ABSENCE" SHALL MEAN ANY CHILD WHO IS EXPECTED TO BE
 PRESENT FOR DAY CARE SERVICES WHO HAS NOT ARRIVED AT THE SCHEDULED DROP-
 OFF TIME.
   (B) "CHILD DAY CARE PROVIDER" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING  AS  DEFINED
 IN  PARAGRAPH  (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY OF
 THIS TITLE.
   (C) "GROUP FAMILY DAY CARE  HOME"  SHALL  HAVE  THE  SAME  MEANING  AS
 DEFINED  IN  PARAGRAPH  (D)  OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 NINETY OF THIS TITLE.
   (D) "FAMILY DAY CARE HOME" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS  DEFINED  IN
 PARAGRAPH (E) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS
 TITLE.
   (E)  "SCHOOL AGE CHILD CARE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN
 PARAGRAPH (F) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS
 TITLE.
   2. (A) ALL CHILD DAY CARE PROVIDERS, SCHOOL AGE CHILD  CARE  PROGRAMS,
 GROUP  FAMILY  DAY CARE HOMES AND FAMILY DAY CARE HOMES WITHIN THE STATE
 SHALL BE REQUIRED TO CONTACT A CHILD'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN IN  THE  EVENT
 SUCH  CHILD  IS ABSENT ON A GIVEN DAY, WHEN PRIOR NOTICE OF SUCH CHILD'S
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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